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THE INDEPENDENT.

W. L. JONES .Editor nd Proprietor APVJ511 ISINOiENBEOT. 6net Lion .... tl.MrVILIHHXD ioeeah anUse;rfhSot iisertion, w

ouceCT apisriUuewr ana final settleEVERY THURSDAY EVENING.

JVuta adyrrtihementifi fl.00 pelpublication orrtcm: WViia fiM insertion, attd CO oeutK

Hre ttkl Vlioll MlhiMMiaent lUMTtion.iiwainl biiHiuMii notic Jn lol eoiamnaShute'g New Uriel-HILLSBOR-Main Street, : : m. Jtfinilar bunineM uovicee

OREGON. J GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, FOB 1 )g PEOPLE AND J1Y THE PEOPLE." l'rofpwutMinl oardM. t!2 wr raar.TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: J Hpt-rtn-l rate for iHrija diMjday "ada.

-- "Thia paper may b. found on nla aFor annum, in advance f2.00 Geo. 1. Uowol i x (' Ntntminiwr Adv.rtiaSix months, in advance 1.00 Vol. XV. Hillaboro, lVasliinjjon County, Ok; om, TliuiHfluy9 fnreh 15, 1888. No. 41. Inff Unrwan (10 Hprnca atmet) wb.ra advar

tialinR oon tract runy bm uiada (wr it in NwThree month, in advance. 60 York

A (I'i:ntiu.PROFESSIONAL CARDS. T.'R. CORNELIUS, S. HUGHES & OOH. vicinities, where reporters manageto struggle through the snow, andgainst the wind, wore than 100

fracture of limbs and contusion of

employes of the patent office oc-

cupy as many as a hundred rooms,and they work, or rather avoid work,with cloned doors. Thay are skilled

GENERAL NEVYS.

Itc-lid'lV-ir tha overworked poetoffio!forces uf Calil'oruu hui uoiue at last, in aHjsicul $100,000 aprupriutiou. ' Theorxauizatioii unJ euiploviuextt of more

OFFICIAL IMKECTORY.

District OBIera.Jndge Fifth District P. . TaylorPronecutinst Attorney. . . . T. A. MeBrideDeputy for Washington Co .W. N. Barrett

Leslelntlve Officers.State Senator . . . W. D. Hare.

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J I tDCr AUNKS II IT Id.A wtCxrd, old and bent and gray,Aadtjsrned in more than his booka could say,Ws asked to nsme by a heart sick manOas ting wonh gating in life's toug spanTh Vizard bowed his head in thought.And long and wisely and well he soughtToiaanrsr that question by sorrow wrungFrota faithless heart on human tongue.At last, with a smile of light that playedO'er bis withered featares, the wise man said:"Ify friend, not one bat three I nameThat night tempt angels our life toclaim:Tbe trust of a child a woman's love

And a spirit at one with its God above;And he is blest as the world I scanWho of these three gets unr, O luauT'

WASUINTOX LETTER.

CTroia our Regular Correspondent.

H'ASHixoTOjr," 3Inrcb 2d, 1888.Mr. Vilas, when he took charge

of the interior department, foundthe condition of business, paiticu-larlyi- n

the V. S. patent office, verymuch in arrears, ami the habits ofthe employes oi the office Kimplydisgraceful. The truth is Hint agreat mauy of them were not work- -

ing. had not been working, and didnot know how to work. It had Iwentheir custom to slpij;!e into theoffice after nine o'clock in the mom- -

ing, and to spend a great part of theday until four i. u. in go-ip- , read -

ing the newspapers and promeuad- -

in' in the corridors. At lialf tast-

three o'clock they lx'giui to maketheir toilets for the closing hour offour F. M.

Practically there has been nocommissioner of patents during thepresent administration. Mr. Cleveland's first appointee was a criminallawyer, named Montgomery, who, ifhe had been asked at the time tode- -

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fine a patent, must have had re- - t'1!U 'd of the platform. The en-sour-

to the dictionary. Consci-- 1 gineer on the rear train was killed,ousofhis ignorance he' left etrry-- ! "d a number of passengers werething to the employes of the office, .injured.The employes, clerks, examiners,

" The storm is general in New Yorkbureau chiefs and copyists, turned state, ( onueetieut and points south,their energies to pbv. while thirty 1 ,om mriounding country

inrentois, paving into the; come of tbe severest snow and

A. W. MILLER,

Attorney at Law,Pobtlaxo, : OsBOOBf.

Office Rooma 12 and 13, Maikey Building.Cor. Second and Morrison streets.

Branch Offlee at Ferert Ursre, Or.

sT"All kinda of Legal Business carefullyattended to. j'itf-t- f

g B. HUSTON,

Attorney at Law

and Notary Public,

HiiLsaoeo, : Omoon.

Office : Main Street,

Next Door to Buck Blockjl2-t-f

W. N. BARRETT,

'Attorney at faitaao

Deputy IHst. PriMfvnling Attorney

IIII.I.SHORO, --- --- - - nit KG ON.

Ottloe in Chenette Row, Main street.a7tf

I. HARE,yyiLLIAM

Attorney and Counselor at Law,

HlLLHBOttO, Ottroos.aMf

n. K. MILLER, M. I.,iiOMaioi'A rnsr,

E. Corner First and Maiu Street.PORTLAND.

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL.

1 Diseases of Women a Specialty.

Offloe Hoars 1 to 3 P. 3d. ji28-t- f

F. A. BAILEY, M. 1).

Phyirian, Surynn and Amurheur,mi.i.sBor.o, oitiooN.

Office In Cuennett's Row. Residence-Th-ree

blocks south of drag store. Oflicehonrs From 8::) to 11 a. m., and V to ,r. p.m.

S. T. LINKLATER, II. R, C. M.,

Physician, Suryon and Accoucheur,

nii.i.snoito, oiicr.oN. i

i

f)flice At Residence, East f CourtHouse. j7-t- f

ILSOX HOU'LHV.

Pfiyniciatt, Surgeon and Accoucheur,

FoitKsr c.Kovr, orkhhn,Office At thw drug stor. Jal tf

pHOMAS II. TOXGl'K,

Attorney at Law,

HII.T-SBOK- WASMINll VON CsCNTV, OREOOS.fH tf

KAT.F.IOH STOTT, HKMH'l SMITH,JOHN M. WM.tH, SAM. It. STOTT,

W. L BOISK.

CTOTT. WALDO, SMITH, STOTT &BOISE.

Attorney at Law,Nos. i;. 7. S and 1 Waldo Block,

Cor. Second and Washington streets,PORTLAND, OREGON

'JMIOS. IK HUMPHREYS,

Notary Public and Ctnireyancer,iiii.i.sHoito, ouanoN.

Office Iu New Court Honse. Iega! pa-lters drawn and collections mad. Businessentrusted to my care promptly attended to.nihil tf

W. II. Adams. I'. S. Grant Mtav)UAX

DAMS & MARlUAM,

Attorney at Law.7 and H MuUev Building, cor. Second and

Morrison streets,dl-t- f Portland, Ou.

J. V. GILKEY,

Physician and Surgeon,

GREENVILLE. - - - OREGON.

Offers his services to the ieople or Green-ville and vicinity. tif-oi- u

W. 1 VIA,

Physician and Suryeon,

OtHce: One Door north City Drug Store,

Forksi GkOVK,i

JJ6-l'- Obshom.

It. XIXOX,DENTIST, I

OF FOREST GROVE. !

NOW MAKING TEETH FOR . GOIS and 7.fiO per set: lest. of ranterial endworkmanship. Will compare with setscosting Teeth etractel without pain.Filling at the lowest prices. All workwarranted, flrtice. 3 doors north of Brickstore, t lilice hours: A. M. to 4 P.M.

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WALTER BROS.. New YokkD. N. Jz E. WALTER A CO., Sax Fbamcisco

WALTER BROS.Importers of and Dealers in

Carpets, Upholstery Goods,Wall Paper & Window Shades.

88 Tlrsvt Str-o-t,Union Block. - PORTLAND, OREGON.

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D. 8. STRYKER, D.D.S..LEADING DENTIST.THE Prioes. Good Sets

of Teeth. S5.00 to S15.00. Ex.tract ing, 50 cents. Filling, f1.00 and up-ward. Electricity used for the PainlessExtraction of Teeth. Try it. All Opera-tions Firas-Clas- s. sT"Sign of the Tooth107 First Street, over Prentice's,

nlO-C-ut PORTLAND, OR.

FOREST tJKOVE. OKEUOX,

Dealers in SHELF Aim HEAVY

Saddlery Han

C5

TOOLS !

THE

HA IX WAOX,--AND

fink cutlerySurh as Knives, S'iMSirs and Razors, f the

Fnit st Brands.

We handle no ShodJy nor Cheap JohnGoods; but for articles of like quality orgrade, we Uefy coiupt-titto- in price.

S. 1IK.IIF.S JL NOVo21-t- f

R. W. McNUTT,

4 Olti:i.ll S. - - OltK4.fX.

DEALER IX

GENERAL MERCHANDISE

Groceries,Provisions,

Eto.

JUST RECEIVEDA larye nssortiueiit f I

MILLINERY GOODS!Comprising all the latest styles in II A IS

BONNETS. Etc.

BRANCH STOREAt Veriouiiu. Xclialeiti Valley,

W here goisis of everv description ere keptconstantly in to-k- .

June 1; 1SS7. ji; tf

Till'. fl.ltKAT

8ock IslandAND -

Albert Lea!

The Direct and Popnlar Lida in connectionwith the NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIl

WAY from St. Paul and MiuneniMlis

To Chicago and the East.To St. Louis and the South.To Des Moines, Leavenwoii,

Atchison and Kansas City.

The Only Line'Connecting with the OREGON SHORT

LINE at Council Bluffs. St.Joseph. Leavenworth and

Kitiisas City for

Chicago and all points East !

PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING AND

PALACE DININC CARSAccompany all Tlironjih Express Trains.

Tickets for Sale by all ConnectingRailways, and connection, made

in Union Depots.

For fall information regarding Rates,Maps, etc-- , apply to

'ii an. ki:m:dv,Groeral Agent, No. 3 Washington Street,

PORTLAND, OREGON.

K. A. UOLBDOOK,GetJ. Tkt. and Pass. Agt. C. B. I. A P. R. R.

CHICAGO, ILL.H. V. BOYD,

Gen!. Tkt. .and Pass. Agt. M. & Si. L. VyMINNEAPOLIS. MINN.

-- DEALER IN--

Dry Goods,Groceries,

BOOTS,SHOES,

. HARDWARE,

Ctficultural lmnlneant;Y

JUI'X'O.

Agent for the

DUBUQUE - N0RV7EGIAN

Plows & Harrows!The Ifest in the Market.

IOJDTJOE!Of all kinds taken at the highest market

price.

Cornelias, Or.. Nov. 18, 1H.H. n!4-l-

P. M. DENNIS,'FIRE INSURANCE AGENT

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Successor to P. T. To.ier i,

HILLSHOKO, - - ORKGOX.ALSO.

It I-'- . II. EMTATE AIJKXT.o FECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THEO pnrchate and sale f Farm 1 .Minis andTown Proertv .......Va,. it...-!..,- . i.. m- - t' 'i' ;

Torier his Insurance business, I am confident of beint; able to Kiv satisfaction,since I represent the leadine Insuraiiro j

Companies. '

t"Oflice: One door South of Postoftice. 'u:si-t- r

M. BROWN. O. E. JOHNSON.

JOHNSON & BROWN,

Contractors and BuildersHILLSBORO. OREGON.

1 ?.t?rS "i?s' i

CET YOUR TINWARE j

I'liOM

Tom'c Tinshop!Roofing. Guttering and Spouting

A SPECIALS..

can le sure of a Square Deal.

Opposite Brick Block.1! ILLSBOKt ), OREfH IN.

THOS. MADICAN.il'J ly

SEWING ACHINE AGENCY,

FOREST GROVF, OKF.GO.V

J. W. H ADKINS, - - - Agent

DEALER IN AND REPAIRER OF ALLof Sewing Machines.

Domestic, Household, and all makes ofStandard Sewing Machines kept constantlyon hand and tor sale at lowest marketprices. au5-t-f

R. SYLVESTER,HILLSBORO, OREGON.

PAINTING In GENERAL

KaIIminer mid Ie-orait- e

I'mper Ilanjrrr.All work Warranted First Class

VLeaTe Orders at the City Drug StoreOr TBB iNDRPBItDEXT OFt lCS. Sl-- tf

II SCHULMERICK. C KOCH

CITYZMarket I

si:ioi ST RE FT, j

HILLSBOUO, - - - ORE'jOX j

ALL KINDS OF

TPTTRTT illJjiA TQD I

Kept constantly on hand and sold j

FOR 41

"Highest Msrket Price paid for!

j

ANDGlutton Slicep.

Please give us a call.

SCUILMERKK & KOCH,Proprietors

Hillsboro Oct. 13, 1887. 0l3-t- f

in all the arts of evading espionage, j

and if school bovs contrive to eat i

apples an-- i read dime novels under!the eyes of the teacher, what cannot '

these older offenders do behind !

closed doors, screens and mammothdesks ? The wretched condition ofbusiness under the present head ofthe office and his eccentric rulingshas suggested a remodeling of theU. S. patent office and its laws..senator Crordon lias introduced abill in the senate to establish a courtwith three judges, whose duty,among others, shall be to bear anddecide appeals from the rulings ofthe comwAtsaionor of patents. Tbenew bill has many excellent featuresof which I may write hereafter.

1' 3 RE It THE SXOW.

Xew Vork Robed tit White Frozen toDeath en Ilroadwaj Cusnaltle

Throughout the Et.;vv York, March 12. The hard

est K,,ow torni of the year is raging; At 8 o'clock there was a foot or overon t,,e gi'und. High winds causeddrifts which in the upper part of 4hect.v were three and four feet high,

jThe embargo on telegraph com.

utnication is almost complete. The; outh is entirely cut oft

AIout 7 o'clock two trains on theThird avenue elevated railway col-

lided, one train running into therear of a train abend. The enginereared upon the end of the last car,and fcteatu escaped in volumes, butfortunately rushed upwards, thus"!ving th hemmed crowd iu theforward train, as well a those ou

wind storm in veins.JiiisineK i- at a standstill. Only

two trains airived with mails thismorning, and the work of the post-offic- e

is partially suspended. Hundreds of telegraph wires are downThe w ind attained a velocity of sixty- -

'r miles an hour,Poiohkeeisik, N. Y., March 12.

About 8 this morning, in a blindingsnow stoim, an express train boundsouth on the New York Centra! raninto another express nt Iubb's Ferry, demolishing severil curs. Fourpersons were badly injured.

Nt:v II r.v.Conn , March 12. Thestorm in this vicinity is veiy bad.At 11 o'clock hi trains had arrivedfrom New York.

Titov. N. Y.. March 12 The snowin Western New Y'ork is about fif- -

teen inches deep and is still fallingNkw York, March 12, 7 p. m. The

storm is increasing and is absolutelyunprecedented. S ties at the stockexchange were less than l.VtXMt, thesmallest on record.

The weather stopped the courts.Kvery idreet car in New York, Brook-lyn and Jersey City and the elevatedtrains are stopped. The elevatedroads run 3000 trains daily usually,and never before were stopped.

Westerners declare that Dakotanever furnished New York's bliz.srdof to-day- . Of forty mails due be-

tween 4 and noon, only two at rivedby 2 this afternoon.

News from Kurope is also of tre-

mendous gales and snowstorms.UIOZKX TO I'tATM.

J i. m. - There is no abatement in

the storm. Frozen ears and feetwere never so numerous. Drugstores were filled with patients allday and evening. A woman abso-

lutely froze to death to-nig- ht at thecorner of Broadway and Fultonstreets,popularly supposed to be thebusiest four corners on earth.

In hundreds of street loadedwagons nre abandoned, and thehorses taken to ho nearest stables.

The Astor house turned away 300would Ih guests. 4 hher hotels havehad xitmlsr experiences.

Ten o'clock New York is abso-lutely snowbound. The oldest in-

habitants never saw its eqnal. Notone train was dispatched by either

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Something utpreeedentrd. lele- -

ri," f,l,1 '"iIe- - llve tho Kai,,estorv to tell, namelv: tlie worstHtom, ever known there. The policeauinonues sny the storm has not

'" 1'11 " 8 "

ssvwtiom ABtxnoxii:n.Midnight Owing to the treineiu j

dous gale and terrible snowstorm,there has been no arrivals nor departures from this port. Navigationhas been almost wholly abandonedin the rivers and harbors. Thestoiin is unabated, but snow lifsstopped falling. But meager re-

ports are received but in the lower

the skull were reported. The tmbulanca horaa at tha different Los- -

pitals were completely fagged oatearly in the night, and calls in manycases could not be attended to.

Old river men say no such nighthas been known in the last fortyyears. Several boats sank at theirmoorings at North river piers. Fromfour to six feet of snow has fallen onthe Delaware X Hudson company'scanal road.

Washington. March 12. The stormthat visited Washington yesterdaywas one of tbe most remarkableknown for years. A heavy rain con-

tinued until about 3 o'clock in theafternoon, when It turned to blind-ing miow which stuck to everythingit touched and turned to ice.

No.uNt;:, Mich.,March 12. Thetwo days' blizzard just ending hasbeen the worst of the year for rail-

road men. The Duluth, South Shoreand Atlantic, Mackinaw division isclosed to traffic, with west-boun- d

express and snow plows all snowedin on the eastern half of the division,

1NAIAX P.U'lf'lf MH KAM I),

Wixmpeo, March 12.A terrihleblizzard is raging on the north shoreof Lake Superior and trains on theCanadian Pacific are completelyblockaded. No train has arrivedhere from Montreal since ThursdayA report was current here that atrestle gave way on North bay,throwing a Canadian Pacfic passen-ger train into the chasm. The report is unconfirmed.

Married Meu.

At tins juncture the coroner i

desired to show to the jury thedirection taken by the ball, and forthis purpose produced the corsetworn by Mrs. Hurkhart at the timeof tbe tragedy. ''You see," said he

and here he drew the corsetaround his waist with the lace infront "the ball must have gone infrom behind. No, that can't lie,either, for the doctor says the ballwent in in front. Confound it, I'vegot it ou wrong. Ahl this way."(Here the coroner put the corset onupside down.) "Now you see,"pointing to the hole in the garment,which rested over his hip, "the ballmust have gonei here. No, thatcan't be either, for "

Here Mr. Mather, the handsomeman ou the jury, broke in. "Ir,Stillman," said he, "you've got thecorset on wrong."

Here lr. Stillman blushed likea peony. "Well," said he, "I'vebeen married twice and I ought to

j

know how to rig a corset,"Yes," said Mr. Mather, "hut you

don't. You had it on right in thefirst place. The strings go in frontand the ladies clasp them at theback. Pont I know? I think Iought to. I've been married. Ifyou doubt it, look here (pointing tothe fullness at the top.) How doyou suppose that's going to be filledup unless you put it on as I sug-gest?"

"That," said Dr. Stillman; "whythat goes over the hips."

"No, it don't," said Mr. Mather,"that fullness goes somewhere else

this way," and here Mr, Matherindicated where he thought the full,ness ought to go.

Here another juryman discoveredthat Dr. Stillman had the corset onbottom side up. "Doctor," said he."put it ou the other way,"

Then tho doctor put it on in ro-ver- se

order, with the laces in front.This brought the bullet holes direct-ly over the tails of his coat.

"I don't think," said Mr. Mather,"that the bullet went iu there,doctor"

"I don't think it did," was the re-pl- y.

Confound it, it's mighty funnysix married men in this room and

not one who knows how to put ou awoman's corset."

Why are tho dials divided intotwelve divisions of five minutes each?Hear Mr. S. Grant Oliphant: "Wehave sixty divisions on the dial ofour clocks and watches because theold Greek astronomer, Hipparchus,who lived in the second centurybefore Christ, accepted the Baby-

lonian system of reckoning time-t-hat

system being sexagesimal. TheBabylonians wero acquainted withthe decimal system, but for commonor practical purposes they countedby sossi and sari, tbe sossos repre--anting sixty and the aros sixtytimes six 360. From Hipparchusthat mode of reckoning found itsway into tho works of Ptoleray.sbout150 A. D., and hence was carrieddown the stream of science andcivilization, and found its way to thedial plates of our docks andwatches."

"wu wil1 le '"-- 4 oik

Th process for the uiunutucture oi

ivlluloM is little known, yet very simple,

Itjcr is r.rayd with acids until thor-

oughly naturateJ, thru compressed andwioilicJ Milli water and reduoed to a pulp.Iu is next hles IhnI, mixed with camphor,colored, ground uiul spread iu thin luy'Tson slabs, Finally it is placed underhydraulic pressure and passed Is'lweetiheated rollers, coining out ia olusticolnyts.

Returns from the city assessment now)jcirH in:l will show that Colfax hasproKjx'rod during tlie p.tst year, saya thuHaft-tie- . lTjsn a hnsis of about one-ha-ir

ca-- h value the osmwament roll willhlnntr taxable property to the amount ofnearly fl,000.000, or a gnin of nearly$300,000 over la! year.

IJeorge I'.Ulon, of B.Ucvicw, Idaho,has challeiigei Major I f eiidcrhot, t lits

driuiiiiicr l of (ho appahanno;kf fora drum coiitcst I'ur tin- - elininpionNhip ofthe J'acilic eot mid f2")0 a wide, thecontest to take place cither ut Denver,Colorado, or Portland, Oregon, ICIk-stv- n

has di'pc-itc-d $,"0 forfeit in thebank of (, A. Mo Donald, of Belleview,

During the month of February, 172di'Uths re iillii ially unuounceil frouisuiallMx iu llong Kniig.

Laura K. Neiidi l, of Woodhurn, Oreyou, has l ;riiii iuit for. breach of prom-ise aulut Li'iiiu. l Walker, a well knowncitizen of that place, placing her' dam-ag- es

ut S3000. l'lainlirt" is the dauh-t- r

of Brown, tin ill resident; defendantis a bacht !r, uud has hkij'pcd the coun-

try, selling; out his twelve acres of teal

estate near Woodhurn, Tint puit will! tried nt the next term of circuit court.

Big Betid Empire; In digging wellsin uml around Wiitcrville soma interest-in- g

diocovei ies have been niudo of dis-tin- rt

iuir-iui- M of maple, alder andother leaves perfectly and beautifullypreserved in the clay, lify feet under theground, indicating that some time thiscountry had bi-c- the scene of volcanic

action, and that sonic day luaplo andalder flourndied here,

llcv. It. ,T. WiW.n, of Ilslsey, hasrtst'iveil the appointment by the UnitedStates Presbyterian eliurch t (f()reyou aa

suis'iiiitendt nt of tho Indian school at "

Warm Springs agency.

Harry Baltmarsh, Harry Hurley andFred Mi"", ag.sl 15, 13 and 10 rej)ct-ivel- y,

of lbany', stole a hk iff and startelon a privatei iiiig cruise on the Will-amette, one day last week. They werourrcsted here and returned to their home.Voung Mills mi uied to he the leader andadmitted that he had induced tho other

t(, aecoiupimy him. Their equip- -

Hu nt miiM-tr- d of mi old revolver and sixcents in cash. It is hoss this will

prove a salutary lesson to them, lode-pclelen- ee

West Side,

Mr. tJeurge Price has ls'en uppoiuted

postmaster ut Veriioiiia, Columbia county,in place of Peter Brouse, resigned.Mr, Price has purchased the sash anddoor fui lory heretofore owned by Mr.Brouse. mid will put it iu operation assoon us possible,

Chas, Ni' ki ll, of the JacksonvilleTimes, has purchased the Sentinel ofthat town. The Sentinel was on old re-

publican paper, having been establishedin .he interest of the party nearly thirtythree years ngo.

The Heppner (iuzcttc has changedhand-- , Otis Puttcrsoti becoming the newproprietor,

A western fruit-grow- er used seventy-- ,five bushels of wood ashes on his straw-berr- y

vines last season, and the crop

yielded 2."i0 bushels per aTtf. He thinksthe ashes nlso counteracted the effect otthe drouth to a considerable extent,

A Mrs 1 1 am in, of Caldwell, Idaho,accidentally stepped on a sharp pointednail which pierced through her shoe intoher foot nearly an inch. Fearing had

results from such a wound the eombattedagainst any effects which might follow.

Thu wound healed up and seemed to bdoing well, until last week, when she waa

suddenly seized with tho lockjaw.Medical aid was immediately called, hutit baflled their skill, death coming to herrelief nest morning.

Hon. U. B. Ilinton, aged 75 year,died at the residence of his son a fewdays a;v, iu Monroe, Benton county,Sinking of his death a Corvallis pajsTsays; Mr. Hinton settled in this countyin 1810. He was a member of theterritorial legislature in 1857, and filleddifferent offices of horror and trust duringhis lifetime. He was a man whose wordwas always as gissl as his bond, and washonored and esteemed hy his neighborsas an upright, honest man. He leavesquite a large family to mourn his loss,among whom are Wesley Hinton, ofMonroe, nnd Mrs, Judge Burnett,

The snow storm was still ragingin New York yesterday, A numberof additional deaths are reported,

I D Gnbaer,Representativea -- D. Smith,

) Thos. Faalaen.C'SMattjr OMeer

Jadge R. CrandallTreanurer ....J,S. WaggenerClerk J. W. Morgan

Commieaionera ) T. O. Toddi Chaa. Hickethier

Sheriff B. P. CorneliasSurveyor ... L.C. WalkerAeaeatior ... T. J. WilsonHchool Saperinteudent. . . T. T. VineentCoroner . C. W.Raunom

T' OMeen.F. A. Bailey

8. T. LinklaterTrnatees S. B. Unaton

G. T. Led fordK. Crandall

Treaanrer. Geo. W. PattersonRecorder. . W. N. BarrettMarshal... , S.Wilam

SOCIETY MEETINGS.

HILLSBORO GRANGE, No, 7U, P. orin Good Templars' Hall,

second and fourth Saturday in each month,at 2 o'clock r. m.

J. W. SHCTE, Master.Jamb Srwell, Secretary.

T TILLSBOKO LODGE. NO. 17, 1.O.G.TII Meets in Good Templara Hall, everySaturday evening, at s P. M.

t T. TOZIKU,11 Hkamihh, Secv. W. C.JT.

J Meets on Saturdav on or after each fullmoon. All brethren in knkI standing arecordially invitrd to meet nh us.

F. A. BAILEY.R. Cbanuali , St c. W. 51.

MONTEZUMA LODGE No. M, LO.O.r'.,Meets every Wednesday

evening at 7 o'clock. Sojourning brethrencordially invit sJ to attend.

M. COLLINS.It. BSAMIS, SeO. N. O.

LODGE, No. ltf, K. OF P., HILLS-BOK- OJO Meets every Thursday eveningat 7 o'clock, in Odd Fellows' Hall. Sojourning brethren in good standing cordially in-vited to attend. S. T. Linklatkb, C. C.

T. a. We4THkbbd. K. of It. and 9.LKNt'OK LODGE No. , K. OF P.

T Meets erery alternate Saturday at 7o'clock p. in., at Glenooe. Sojourning breth-ren in good .st.'indin" cordially invited to at-tend. J. W. COREY,

J. S. Jackson, K. of J I. A S. C. C.

LODGE No. 61, A.O.U.W..HILI-SBOR- O

Meets on the second andfourth Tuesday of each month at 7:30 o'clockp. m. Sojourning brethren ctrdiallv invitedto attend. R. CRANDALL,

W. p. IIabk, Ree. M. W.GRANGE No. P. or H.PHCENIX ut Gaston, Wr., ou the third

Fridav of each month.J. W. SAPPING ION, Master.

H. D. BavAST. Secretary.

APATO LODGE No. 40, 1. O. O. F.Meets in Gaston on the first and

third Saturday in each month.JOHN WERE, N. G

H. D. Bhtaxt, Secretary.

LODGE No. 7 I. O. O. FCHARITY Meets Saturday evening, at7 o'clock, on o before eeeh new and fullmoon. Brethren in Kd standing invited totttend. J. C. SMOCK.

H. N. Pooi-a- , See. N. O.m

BUTTE GRANGE, No. 14H, P. or H.the third Wednesday in each

Month. :. F. TIGARD, Master.8. M. Kelso, Sec'y.

Vf T. V., II ILLS BO RO MEETSV? on the tirst and third Wednesdays

of each month, at : o'clock p. iu., at theM. E. church.

AND OF HOPE. HILLSBORO MEETS1.1 everv s

at the M. E. ehurc

CHURCH NOTICES.

METHODIST PASTOR'SHILLSBORO First Sabbath in eachmonth: Beaverton, 11 a.m.; WetUey Chapel,8 p. ni.; Mt. Harmony, 7 p. in. Second Sab-bat- h:

Hillsboro, 11 a. m.; Reedville. 3 p. in:Hillsboro, 7 p. m. Third Sabbath: llills-bor- o,

11 a. ui.; West I'nion, H p.m.; Hills-boro, 7 p. m. Fourth Sabbath: Hillsboro,11 a. m.; Reedville, 3 p. ui.; Beaverton, 7P"

C. M. BRYAN. Pastor in Charge.

ELI I S METHODIST PASTOR'SCORN First and third Sab-but- hs

in ea-- month, M. E. tlhurch, Cor-nelius, ut 11 a. m. and 7 e. m. Second andfourth Sabbaths in each month, Glencoe, at11a.m. Fourth Sabbath. Oak Grove, at 3p. m. Second Sabbath, Meachaiu's school-hous- e,

at 3 e. M. Saturday before the sec-

ond Sabbath, Leisy's srhooluouse at 7 P. M.H. B. Etwonviiv. Pastor in Charge.

CONGREGATIONAL PAST R'S A I '"joointiut nt-t- . 1 irst Sabbath in eac

month, Gaston, nt 11 . it.; ami on tbe lull,back of Gaston, 3 v. m. Second SabbathAt Hillside m;ltHl-hons- e. 11 a. m.: Green-ville, 3 r. m. Fourth Suhbnth HilhtUtro,Christum olr.ireh. at 11 a. m.

Visitors to PortlandShould not fort to call at TOWNE A

MOORE'S Ss FntNcisro Gali.cht, wheremay lie aen photographs of nil the leadingmen and women of Oregon and WashingtonTerritory. Skillful operators alwiys in at-tendance, and the most mimite attentionpaid to pictures of children. No trouble toshow sprciiueua to visitors. Street railroadspass the door cv. ry ten minutes, and this iathe neen-s- t Kallcry to the Ave principal ho-tels. KnlariiiK in Crayon a specialty. Cor.1st A Morrison Sts.

7janly

A. S. VE1MEN,Watchmaker and J eweler !

TIAS PERMANENTLY LOCATED IN11 Forest Orove, and is prt-part- to doall kind of Watch work. Jewelry repairedand inudo as as in w. Fin Watch. Repairing a seeialty. Having had It yHHiVexerieiu'e in the bushiest. 1 am snfe ingiving a written Kiiarantee with all worksent out. tnl.Vif; A. S. VENEN.

Jlouey to Isonn.1 will oan money in sums of $ 1000

and upwards. Only real estate securitysought. Time, three to five years: commission not to exceed 2 t per cent.

W. II. RFCKRR.JanTtr

Land for Sale!

'rHE UNDERSIGNED HAS FOB SALEJL several Farms and a large amount of

nrst-elas- a, unimproved laud, lying in Wash-ington county, Oregon.

IMMIGRANTSAnd others desiring to purchase land wouldSo well to give me a call.

Now is the time to secure comfortableinea on easy terms.

rHOS. D. HUMPHREYS.ffOlsboro, Jonelfthh. 1888.

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patent office over a million l.I!ai x

per year, petitioned, prayed andcursed, in vain, for action on theircases. About a year ago all patent-ilo-

was rejoiced by the announce-ment that Montgomery had resign- -

ed. jtfVf we will have a change.Anything. What cie betide, wo ve !

seen the worst. The change camelin the shape of the present commis j

sioner, Mr. Hall, an intelligent, educated, phlegmatic man, who not j

only knew how to define it patent,but who did nothing but d. iine. re-

fine, super and subterfine tliem un-

til his subordinates nud patent law.yers cannot find his meaning. Hisdefinitions in the shape of decisionson cases appealed to him have been'in the teeth of the law and established usage, and have thrown thethe practice into confusion. Mean- -

while the actual work of the patentoffice, that of examining inventionsand issuing patents, has gone frombad to worse. Mr, Hall, absorledin the mysteries of abstract patentlaw, appears to be unaware that theimmense force of principal and as-

sistant examiners are mouths behindwith their work and are making noeffort to catch up.

This is not an overdrawn pictureof the condition in which Mr. Vilasfound the patent oflice. To picturethe chagrin, the despair and theagony of tlie thirty thousand ormore inventors whose rights underthe patent law have been so shame-

lessly delayed and neglected wouldrequire the genius of a Dare.

Mr. Vilas Las a Neapoleonie habitof poking about the camp incog,and without brass-ban- d accompani-ment. Last week he took a strollbrough the department. IIe saw

things that are quite familiar to thehabitues of the patent office, butwhich filled him with righteouswrath. High salaried men werereading, telling stories, joking, lolltug with their feet upon their desks,as oblivions to surveillance as to thedistant clamor of thirty thousandawiudled applicants for patent.

Then Mr. Vilas inquired concerning the condition of u case alsuitwhich the inventor had written tohim. If any but the secretary ofthe interior had appealed to MrHall he would have got only such.I.ii.iLIa ToIiinatiiiii ."s the uef-- '

i

icent and culpable examiner could i

make up. He prolied the matter andfound that action on the case lja,li. ...! 1 'ri :.!tentor. who is a very poor mau. had !

lost several hundrel dollars. But;this is only one of thousands ofeases.

The result of Mr. Vilas tour ofinspection was an order isued pro-bibitin-

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reading, letter writing, gos-

siping, loafing and visiting amongthe employes of the patent office.

The order is excellent. But its en-

forcement ! There's the rub. The

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